Table 4 Metabolites detected in the thirty seven benign cases after correlation with the pathology results
From: Value of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in assessment of adnexal lesions
Histopathology | No. | Metabolite detected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHOa | Crb | Lactate | Lipid | NAAc | ||
Mature cystic teratoma | 9 | +(n = 3) | +(n = 7) | +(n = 8) | ++(n = 9) | ++(n = 5) |
Serous cyst adenoma | 9 | +(n = 6) | +(n = 7) | +(n = 3) | +(n = 9) | ++(n = 6) |
Mucinous cyst adenoma | 2 | +(n = 2) | +(n = 2) | +(n = 2) | +(n = 2) | ++(n = 2) |
Broad ligament fibroid | 2 | +(n = 1) | – | +(n = 2) | +(n = 2) | – |
Granulosa cell tumor | 1 | – | – | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) |
Tubo-ovarian abscess | 9 | +(n = 5) | – | +(n = 7) | +(n = 9) | ++(n = 7) |
Endometrioma | 1 | – | – | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) |
Hemorrhagic corpus luteum cyst | 1 | – | – | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) |
Multiple follicular cysts | 1 | – | – | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) |
Inclusion cyst | 1 | – | – | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) |
Hyperstimulation syndrome | 1 | – | – | – | +(n = 1) | +(n = 1) |